Who Should I Trade?

Jake Cousins for Ryan Helsley (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ryan Helsley RP - BAL	Jake Cousins RP - LAD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 114	‐
VBR	# 517	# 925

Projections

Strikeouts	10	3
Wins	1	0
Saves	1	0
ERA	3.44	4.04
WHIP	1.24	1.27

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 206	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 39	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 104	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 58	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 156	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 187	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ryan Helsley RP - BAL	Jake Cousins RP - LAD
2026 Stats


Games Played	17	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	15.1	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	4	‐

Saves	8	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	13	‐

Earned Runs	7	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	21	‐

Walks	9	‐

ERA	4.11	‐

WHIP	1.43	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ryan Helsley RP - BAL	Jake Cousins RP - LAD
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	3

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	8.9	2.8

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	7	2

Earned Runs	3	1

Home Runs Allowed	1	0

Strikeouts	10	3

Walks	3	1

ERA	3.44	4.04

WHIP	1.24	1.27

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ryan Helsley RP - BAL	Jake Cousins RP - LAD
News
	The Orioles transferred Ryan Helsley to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	The Dodgers signed RHP Jake Cousins to a one-year contract. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	Ryan Helsley said he has inflammation around his UCL but the ligament itself is intact. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 11th
	Ryan Helsley will seek a second opinion on his right elbow in the coming weeks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	Orioles manager Craig Albernaz said Ryan Helsley is "looking at all his options." Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	The Orioles placed Ryan Helsley on the 15-day injured list with right elbow discomfort. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ryan Helsley RP - BAL			Jake Cousins RP - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#37	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#137
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#196	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#183	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Mon, Apr 27th				vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109
Wed, Apr 29th				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#176
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Thu, May 14th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#376	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49
Sat, May 23rd				@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#357
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#235	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236
Mon, Jun 1st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#170	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#153
Mon, Jun 15th				vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#215
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#17	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#206
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#142
Mon, Jul 6th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#227
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#193
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-0)	#246
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 21st				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#213	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Thu, Jul 30th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Brad Keller		vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs BOS
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ CHC
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA			@ CHC
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN			vs KC
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN			vs KC
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN			vs KC
Thu, Aug 13th				vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB			vs MIL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB			@ COL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			@ COL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			@ COL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			@ DET
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			@ DET
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			@ DET
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			vs STL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			vs STL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS			vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th				vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			@ SF
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#176
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Jake Cousins for Ryan Helsley (2026)

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